Controversy in the film “The Program”
The film originally included a scene in which a drunk quarterback named Joe Kane reads aloud comically “It says here that I’m good under pressure,” while holding the Sports Illustrated college football preview issue with his picture on the cover. He then lies down the middle of the street, on the dividing line, as cars fly by. Several team members who are at first trying to stop Kane decide that it is a test of their bravery and team unity and join him. Influenced by the film, several teenagers imitated this scene and were either killed or suffered injuries. This resulted in the scene being omitted from the original film.
It is believed that the actual camera negatives of this scene were ordered destroyed by Buena Vista, and for this reason, all currently available versions of the film are missing this scene.